McAllister aide among few with access to kiss tape

MONROE, La. (AP) — A top-ranking staff member of a Louisiana congressman caught kissing a woman who is not his wife was one of the few people with access to videotape that exposed the dalliance.

Pressure is mounting since the public first saw the grainy footage Monday from security tape at Republican Vance McAllister's district headquarters. McAllister has found few defenders among the Republican establishment he beat to win the job in a surprise special election last year.

One of his backers, meanwhile, owns the building where the illicit act was captured on video that was later leaked.

Architect and landlord Bill Land says one of his employees and one of McAllister's employees are the only people with access to archived video. Land's employee tells The Associated Press that he's never accessed the footage.